Mongabay on Nostr: Facing sea level rise and food insecurity, 17 families from the Carteret Islands have ...

Facing sea level rise and food insecurity, 17 families from the Carteret Islands have relocated to nearby Bougainville, bringing hundreds of specimens of trees and plants, representing dozens of species, across a small stretch of ocean.

They’ve planted more than 175,000 plants, breathing life into a forest on new lands donate by the Catholic Church.

By Thibault Le Pivain
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/11/in-a-noahs-ark-move-png-climate-migrants-bring-thousands-of-trees-to-safer-ground/

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